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Oh man oh man oh man it’s New Super-Man time! My favorite time of the month! I keep waiting
for this comic to get the axe, but it keeps chugging along. And I love it!
There’s so much more I want to see from this series, I hope it stays around for
a long time. So no more negative thinking! From now on, I expect to get a new
issue of New Super-Man for review
every single month, just like I did this month! Check out my review if you
don’t believe me!

Explain
It!

Emperor Super-Man, formerly Super-Man Zero, has
assembled the supervillains freed from their underwater prison for a pep talk.
It doesn’t appear to make them very peppy, because the Great Ten swoop into the
scene to do battle with Emperor Super-Man’s crew! Man, I have been wondering
about these guys, and it’s great to see them in action. The Streets of Shanghai
are still in disarray, but at least the Justice League of China is together and
taking care of business. Part of that business is to inform Kenan (and the
lapsed reader) that Baixi has a crush on Deilan—had a crush, rather, until she reverted back to her true form as a
giant snake. See what you missed, lapsed reader? Now you’ll just have to take
it at face value. The comic book gives you a hand buy having Deilan the giant
snake appear, threatened by the cops while she saves some of the injured and
stranfed. Kenan and Baixi sternly inform the cops that Deilan is one of the
good snakes, then Avery helps her change into her lady form by admitting she
loves every member of the team. She cannot bring herself to say she loves
Baixi, however, so she’s still half-snake. Luckily, it’s the bottom half.

With Shanghai looking a wreck, this is a good
time for Amanda Waller to send in some members of the Suicide Squad—Harley Quinn,
Deadshot, and Killer Croc, namely—to do some secret thing that we’ll know more
about by the end of the issue. Meanwhile, the Justice League of China agrees to
attack Emperor Super-Man in his Fortress of Sovereignty, formerly the Shangai
Tower. They race up the side of the building, taking out some of the villains
acting as security. One of them threatens Baixi, but Deilan takes him out with
extreme prejudice because ooooh she likes
him! When they kiss, her snake tail goes away and leaves human legs. But uh,
she’s still an ancient, giant snake masquerading as a human, dude…you know
what? You do you, Baixi. I hope the two of you are happy and that she doesn’t
lay snake eggs if you decide to have children.

Inside the Fortress of Sovereignty, Kenan finds
tubes containing his father, General Flying Dragon, and the woman who claimed
to be his mother, Dr. Omen. Since Kenan isn’t sure about the lady, he frees his
pop, and Flying Dragon says that he should free her too because she acted
really kind to him when they were both kidnapped and his life was threatened. As
Robinbot takes away Kenan’s parents and some other survivors, Kenan heads
upstairs where the Great Ten is still tangling with Emperor Super-Man and his
cohorts. The Emperor tries to tell Kenan he is weak because he’s got so many
sympathies and personal entanglements—but then Kenan fights back, telling the
Emperor that these people are what gives him strength! Which is sort of the
same lesson Deilan and Baixi just learned when she kissed her snake tail away.
Kenan is able to activate his heat vision for the first time, which stuns Emperor
Super-Man enough for Deadshot to skewer him through the heart with a Kryptonite
sword! And, Harley says on the last page, he’s not the only Super-Man they came
to kill!

Another bang-up issue of New Super-Man, this series is consistently great and the
interactions are quite memorable. The Great Ten in action is awesome, but I
wish we were able to see a bit more of it. I’m really glad to see Baixi and
Deilan together, to an extent that I did not expect. I have become personally
invested in these characters! I didn’t even mention the fact that one I-Ching
attacked the other, because I would be too messed up if I-Ching turns out to be
a rogue agent. New Super-Man is a must-read title, for certain.

Bits and
Pieces:

The assault on Shanghai continues, and so does the heroism of the Justice League of China. There's some nice developments with Baixi and Deilan, and some good heroes-punching action. This issue is jam-packed with stuff, I can barely write about it without giving everything away! So stop looking at this and go buy the danged thing!

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